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dim sim

dim sim noun: any of various kinds of Chinese-style meat and cabbage dumplings, similar to shumai and other dim sum and usually steamed or deep fried. Commonly offered by Chinese restaurants and fish-and-chip shops.

Noun

dim sim (plural dim sims)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) Any of various kinds of Chinese-style meat and cabbage dumplings, similar to shumai and other dim sum and usually steamed or deep fried. Commonly offered by Chinese restaurants and fish-and-chip shops.
    • For the defence, James Harris, of Northcote, said he had put a bottle of beer in his hip pocket at home, and went to the cafe to buy some dim-sims.1925 July 23, The Age, Melbourne, page 14, column 4
    • On the walls about were the hieroglyphic markings of the craft. Across this scene wafted the pungent fragrance of chop suey, dim sims and other delicacies in course of preparation for the funeral feast.1926 December 16, The Telegraph, Brisbane, page 20, column 7
    Synonyms:
    dimmie

Examples of dim sim in a sentence

  • No Chinese meal is complete without some succulent dim sims (pork minced with water chestnuts and enclosed in paste), and such sweets as honeyed lychee nuts and honeyed ginger.1928 October 13, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2, column 7:
  • One night my husband twisted my arms behind my back and said he had seen me in Bourke street with a Chinaman, eating dim sims.1930 April 11, The Brunswick and Coburg Gazette, Moonee Ponds, Vic, page 1, column 4:

Synonyms of dim sim

Forms of dim sim

pluraldim sims

Origin of dim sim

Alteration of dim sum.

Questions about dim sim

What does dim sim mean?
Dim sim means any of various kinds of Chinese-style meat and cabbage dumplings, similar to shumai and other dim sum and usually steamed or deep fried. Commonly offered by Chinese restaurants and fish-and-chip shops.
How do you use dim sim in a sentence?
No Chinese meal is complete without some succulent dim sims (pork minced with water chestnuts and enclosed in paste), and such sweets as honeyed lychee nuts and honeyed ginger.
What part of speech is dim sim?
Dim sim is a noun.
What is the plural of dim sim?
The plural of dim sim is dim sims.

Words near dim sim in the dictionary

  1. dim and distant
  2. dim bulb
  3. dim bulbs
  4. dim mak
  5. dim out
  6. dim sim
  7. dim sims
  8. dim sum
  9. dim sum bond
  10. dim sum bonds
  11. dim-bulb

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